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A Truck Sized Printer Or An Egg Sized Dave? - This Week In Retro 130


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The merging of two technologies can sometimes create something wonderful, in this case it is dot matrix printer the size of a pickup truck, that you can drive and print messages as you go. Could this be the future of road signage? What is the first easter egg in a game that you remember finding? Can you use an Apple II to control a V8? You can if the V8 is made of Lego. 

All this plus the usual nonsense and the Community Question Of The Week.

Our show is sponsored by Pixel Addict Magazine. The next issue is just about ready to print so we should have some new articles to talk about soon. In the meantime we hope you will head over to https://www.pixel.addict.media/ and subscribe.

00:00 - Show Opening

A500 Mini Housekeeping Link: https://gamingretro.co.uk/you-can-now-play-atari-st-emulator-games-on-a500-mini/

09:09 - Trucking Printers

Story Link: https://hackaday.com/2023/06/22/is-this-the-worlds-largest-dot-matrix-printer/

29:50 - The Ultimate Easter Egg

Story Link: https://ultimacodex.com/2023/06/eating-magic-mushrooms-makes-you-fly-in-serpent-isle/
Additional Link 1: https://wiki.ultimacodex.com/wiki/Easter_Eggs_and_Cultural_References#Ultima_VII
Additional Link 2: http://web.archive.org/web/20080307160850/http://www.geocities.com/hoki_dragon/u7-scientology.html

44:10 - V8 Apple II

Story Link: https://www.thedrive.com/news/life-size-chevy-454-v8-made-of-lego-runs-on-ancient-8-bit-hardware
Full Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-x7YFMWnBQ

56:13 - Community Question of the Week

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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

Episode Credits

Parts of "Lego Chevy 454 V-8 Engine - Part 1" courtesy of TechnicallyEvan

Link to full video: https://youtu.be/F-x7YFMWnBQ

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